Re: JOGL in Debian

[Arnoud Engelfriet <arnoud@engelfriet.net>]

Jordi Guti?rrez Hermoso wrote:
> On 07/12/2007, Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre.ledru@inria.fr> wrote:
> >  it has been
> > designed for the french (and european) law which is quite specific about
> > intellectual property.
> 
> Does French law define "intellectual property"? What does it define it to be?

International law, more specifically the TRIPs agreement, does:

Art. 2 (2) TRIPs:
 For the purposes of this Agreement, the term 'intellectual property' refers
to all categories of intellectual property that are the subject of Sections
1 through 7 of Part II.
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/t_agm2_e.htm

I'm not sure if any law has a more precise definition. The term IP
is well-enough understood as a term of art for copyrights, patents,
trademarks, semiconductor rights, plant breeders' rights and so on.

Arnoud

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